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Aug 4, 2003 | 08:23 PM

#11

mazdaspeed101

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From: Kunsan AB, Korea (used to be vegas!)

im confused so is it supposed to be easy to see or not! knowing our luck out here it will raining as usual or cloudy, damn korea!

Aug 5, 2003 | 12:48 PM

#12

BigTurbo74

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i just got back from camping. seein the stars is very different than from the cities... i thought noticed a planet that was pretty bright....

Aug 5, 2003 | 12:49 PM

#13

Baldy

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From: Tallahassee, FL

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Originally Posted by BigTurbo74' date='Aug 5 2003, 01:48 PM

i just got back from camping. seein the stars is very different than from the cities... i thought noticed a planet that was pretty bright....

I think I was reading in a Discover magazine, that 2/3 of the world's population can't even see the Milky Way. That fact blew me away.

Aug 5, 2003 | 12:52 PM

#14

UniqueTII

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From: Ames, IA

It says at 75X magnification it will appear as large as the moon.

Aug 5, 2003 | 12:54 PM

#15

wraith

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From: DE

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Originally Posted by 88IntegraLS' date='Aug 4 2003, 03:54 PM

I am an astronomer and have observed mars for a few years. There is no way that Mars (which is no larger than any star to the naked eye) could suddenly swing such a close orbit to Earth to have an angular image size large enough to even show up as a disc, let alone occult the moon.

what they said was that at 75 times magnification it will appear the size of the moon.

Aug 5, 2003 | 12:56 PM

#16

Joe Flo

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From: Houston Texas

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Originally Posted by UniqueTII' date='Aug 5 2003, 09:52 AM

It says at 75X magnification it will appear as large as the moon.

Hahaha....im into that stuff a little bit also. I have a bad *** telescope and have studied mars a little bit. I knew it wasnt gonna get that big. But I am sure it is gonna look pretty neat. I have an adapter that connects my camera to the telescope. Ill see if I can snap a few pictures for yall